Mou Zong tried to convince the officials of the Zhengchao to grant them the right to give themselves cheap power to serve in the State of Chu; Shi Yi led a 30,000 halberd-held army to rush to Linzi before Tian Luo; Wang Jian's Qin army marched toward Jixi, and the entire Jixi defense line was in danger; Li Xin retreated quickly in the square city, and the Qin army faithfully implemented the Qin king's order of "Shouyouyou" and was killed everywhere; in the Persian Gulf, thousands of miles away, the Seleucids were gathering Mediterranean warships, preparing to recapture Wubulai Port...

These news were either collected through pigeon news or through Feixun to Jiying Grand Sima Mansion, and the most important ones would be sent to Xiong Jing's case. The red fleet was to find sulfur, build a trade network, and the third was to find the missing Green Ocean Fleet, not urgent news. Even if it was urgent news, Xiong Jing could do nothing. The Qin people opened the black box and their strategic intentions were revealed in the slightest, which was the focus of Xiong Jing's attention.

At this time, the attack on Qi State was not equipped. The result of the failure to install Qi State would be that the Qi army in Jixi would be completely destroyed. Linzi was eliminated by the Qin army. Linzi would be likely to surrender because of the situation. The only one who could persist in resisting was the Qi army under the command of Jimo's official Tian He.

This is very unfavorable to the State of Chu. Tian He had less than 200,000 people under his command, and 200,000 could not resist Wang Jian's Qin army. This means that the Chu army had to have an army stationed on the eastern front for a long time. In order to facilitate the name, the Grand Sima Mansion had called the east of Oyezawa (now north of Juye County, the easternmost end of Wei territory) as the eastern front; the west of Oyezawa to the square city of Chu was called the northern front; the west of Shangyu, Hanzhong, Bashu and other places west of Shangmi were called the western front.

After occupying the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Chu army could go up the Han River and marched to the Han River, the source of the Han River, Yizhong Mountain (now Qishou Mountain in the Shui City). The Weizhong Mountain was only 80 miles away from the Wei River; it was about 150 miles away from Ji County (now Gangu County) in the Qin State; it was about 300 miles away from Lintao (now Min County), the southernmost tip of the Qin Great Wall; it was 600 miles away from Didao (now Lintao); it was about 800 miles away from the Qiang land of Huangshui that had passed the winter of the previous year, which meant that the entire Longxi County was under the threat of the Chu army.

The front lines of Chu and Qin did not start from Chencang Road, but went through Luoyang and Dongjun, and extended to Laizhou Bay, Qi. The front lines of the two countries should start from Baohan (now Baohan Town, Linxia, ​​today), and passed through Luoyang and Dongjun, and continued to Laizhou Bay in Qi. It is roughly estimated that at least 3,600 miles.

Just like what the military advisor of Qi, Mou Zong thought, Qin attacked Qi with the purpose of competing for limited resources. If Qi was not occupied by Qin, even if Qi and Chu broke off diplomatic relations and smuggled by sea, Chu could still buy Qi's goods. Only by occupying Qi or destroying Qi can Chu be isolated and weakened.

The focus of Qin and Chu's battle was on Fangcheng on the northern front, Shangyu and Hanzhong on the western front. If the Chu army rescued Qi, it would have to dilute its already weak forces. As long as the Qin army turned Qi into a battlefield, it would be able to achieve the goal of weakening Chu.

At this time, the ministers understood the significance of Xiong Jing's ordering the Red Crane Fleet to carry more than 200 tons of gunpowder to go west. This fleet was not so much to snatch sulfur, but to snatch gold and silver. Once Qi was caught in a war, there was no hope for silk and linen shoes. Qi did not accumulate much grain, and Qi people who could not cultivate had to rely on Chu to help after they had accumulated grain. In the future, the cloth would have to be purchased from outside, and grain might also be purchased from outside, which required a large amount of gold and silver.

There must be gold and silver, and there must be sea boats. Due to the delay of the Battle of Fuying, the Chu State's sea boats and the Shaosiming-class built by Zhu Yue are only more than 120, and the transportation tonnage is only more than 42,000 tons. This is far from enough. Even according to the latest plan, it is not enough to build fifty Taotie-class sea boats every year. The Qin State will never stop its troops and quit, and the war will inevitably last for years.

Ji Ying was in the middle of his sleep, and Naojiu brought almost all the ministers of the Thirteen Divisions of the Grand Sima to the meeting, together with Zhu Ao, the ministers, Gong Yin, Yu Yin, Ji Yin, Su Ke, Ma Yin and others to discuss. The focus of the discussion was not the military level, but the military and military production level. Food, military armor, cloth, sea boats, gold and silver..., all of which must be revised or adjusted according to the Qin army's attack on Qi. This is not the first time similar consultations. Since February last year, there has been such a meeting every month.

"It takes one year for a sea boat to build, but in fact it can be done in June. If the big chapter is dry and the craftsmen are working day and night, it can be done in March." Gongshujian said. At this time, the boat building is being discussed. "However, the big chapter is insufficient, what can the boat building ground do?

There are only more than 100,000 large seals in the palace, and the wood removed from the palace can build only more than 170 sea boats. There are more than 100,000 large seals, many of which are less than four years old. This year, a hundred sea boats will be built, and the next year, the construction of the boat farm will be stopped. "The original plan was to 50 ships a year, but now it has increased to 100 ships. The Gongshu team pointed out the current difficulties. "I think it's enough to build fifty ships a year. Although the construction is slow, the construction of the boat farm will not be stopped, and the big seal will not be bad."

"Report to the king, this year's corn should be abundant, but a few days before the harvest, it suddenly storms and rains again. This year's grain is low, so it is necessary to transport it by sea..." Yu Yin Sun Yu bowed. Before he finished speaking, Xiong Jing choked out in a mouthful of water. "The previous month has already said that it is abundant, why do you say that it is low in food?"

"Each county and town said that the previous month was just an estimate, and only this month knew the exact number." Accumulating grain was the business of each county and town, but it was just a report to Yu Yin. In the past few days, each county and town suddenly notified Yu Yin that the exact number was much smaller than the previous estimate, and Yu Yin had no choice.

"Is Cang Bing on fire?" Xiong Jing glanced at Zhu Ao with a smile on his face, and Zhu Ao's eyes were low.

"I have never heard of the fire in Cang." Yu Yin didn't understand Xiong Jing's meaning, but some people understood it.

Whenever the court checks the accounts in various places, checks the accounting rooms, and the accounting rooms catch fire; checks the arsenals, and the arsenals explode; checks the grain warehouse, and the grain warehouse... cough cough cough... Are the numbers reported below real? ‘The villages cheat townships, townships cheat counties, and they continue to cheat the State Council’. The numbers are either exaggerated because of political achievements or false because of corruption. Anyway, they are officials who are passing the flowers by beating the drums and passing the flowers. Just don’t explode when they are in office. When they leave, they will be in trouble.

Fortunately, the State of Chu was not a bureaucratic country, and the food and fodder of each division was not provided by the court, but were provided by itself. The Transportation Department arranged the warehousing and transportation in a unified manner. Only some of the canned food distributed in the name of the royal court was uniformly distributed by the court. If each county and town commits fraud, it is the county and town’s own business that the soldiers will starve.

Will the soldiers go hungry? Definitely not. The clans’ reputations are clear about how much millet is accumulated in this county and how much millet is produced in a year; they also know how much money they have and how much millet can be bought in a year. As long as they are not recruited without any consequences like Yi Tu back then, the soldiers will definitely not starve. The reason why they modified the numbers at this time was that they saw Qin turning to attack Qi.

The Chu State aided Zhao State and the grain was countless. Now it was Qi State's turn. Qi State had only accumulated grain for a year. Considering that the Qin army captured cities and towns, the grain would only be less than a year, not more than a year. Under the lessons of the past, the counties and towns quickly adjusted the numbers because they were worried that the grain accumulated in the county would be transported to the Qi State. Wang Ting would pay for this corn, but what was the use of money during the war? Can money be eaten? What they guessed was completely correct, and Xiong Jing was to assist Qi State.

Xiong Jing smiled and figured out the secret. When Yu Yin saw Xiong Jing not asking, he continued the previous topic. He said: "This year, the accumulated grain plus the old Ying and Fangcheng will only be only 20 million stones. By April, the accumulated grain should be less than 90 million stones."

"Ninety million stones?" Xiong Jing Yaran. Assuming that the old Ying and Fangcheng are self-sufficient, the three million people in the east consume 54 million stones of millet a year, and three years of millet accumulating three years, and there will be only twenty months left in a year, which is still not enough.

"The king doesn't know. By last year, the food and fodder I had helped Zhao State have exceeded 15 million stones. If there were such 15 million stones, it would have accumulated for two years." Although Yu Yin did not open the pot, he still made Xiong Jing feel unhappy.

"How about the Valley of Dongzhou?" This time it was Xiong Jing's turn to stop looking at Zhu Ao's eyes, and he quickly mentioned the Valley of Eastern Zhou.

"The valleys of Dongzhou have not yet been planted." Yu Yin said. "I think the valleys of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty can only be planted in the south of the Yangtze River, not in the north of the Yangtze River, and not to be handed over to the people of Qi. The people of Qi planted them, and the Qin people got it. We should be cautious when supporting Qi. Qi is also a great country, so we should accumulate grain..."

"This is not the case." Nao cunned out. "The country of Qi has accumulated grain for only one year. If Linzi was taken over by the Qin people, half of them will fall into the hands of the Qin people. If Linzi can defend, there will be less grain. The Zhao people surrendered to Qin without food, and the Qi people would allow them to surrender to Qin?"

"The big seal is insufficient, so the sea boats are insufficient. The population of Qi is 4.6 million, and 80 million stones of millet are eaten every year." It has become a channel. "Even if 80 million stones of millet is half, I cannot help it."

"The Qin people defeated Linzi and destroyed Qi. If Linzi did not, the Qin people would definitely attack the Qiu guards in spring." Li Qi said. "The Qi people had no food and would definitely surrender to the Qin people. Qi was too shallow, and the Chu and Qi armies could defend the Weishui line, and they could not stop the Qin people from tens of thousands of cavalry."

"Why not move the people of Qi to Jiangnan?" Lan She asked. He understood Li Qi's meaning. If the Qin army could not destroy Qi, it could turn Qi into a state of no grass. Similarly, the Wei State, which produces grain, Fangcheng of Chu State, Shangyu, and Hanzhong, these areas will also be subjected to similar destructive blows. At that time, the common people have no food, and if you don't provide disaster relief, you will be in civil strife, and if you don't have internal strife, you will also flee abroad.

"Where will it be moved to the south of the Yangtze River?" Li Qi asked back. "How many residents can the Hunan River and Gan River?"

"I have a dragon horse. The Qin people's horse is not as good as me. Why not use a dragon horse..." Li Qi's replies, no one answered Li Qi's replies. Jiangnan, Xiangshui, and Gan River can only accommodate 500,000 households, only 3 million people, and more than 4 million people in Qi State could not move at all. At this time, someone whispered the dragon horse, but no one answered.
Chapter completed!